SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Mudry Ronald J.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
10802 EXECUTIVE CENTER DRIVE
SUITE 300

(Street)
LITTLE ROCK AR 72211

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COMMUNICATIONS SALES & LEASING, INC. [ CSAL ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP-Pres of Fiber Operations
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ Ronald J. Mudry by Daniel L. Heard, Attorney-in-Fact 09/02/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel L. Heard or
Blake Schuhmacher, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an Executive Officer of
Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
or any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.


	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day
of August, 2016.

Ronald J. Mudry			Ronald J. Mudry
Typed or Printed Name		Signature





	On the 30th day of August, 2016, before me
personally came Ronald J. Mudry, to me known to be the
person described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.

	WITNESS my hand and official seal.


					/s/ Paula Hevel
					Paula Hevel
					(Printed Name of Notary Public)

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

My commission expires:

3/4/19




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